Any ailments associated with the pathologies of the brain can seriously affect the patient's later life. Especially dangerous is the disease, provoked by abnormal cell division. The most often found benign formation, characterized by a slow flow. However, the brain tumor requires urgent treatment, because over time it develops into a malignant one. After the diagnosis is made, a commission is assembled, which evaluates various therapeutic methods. Only after carrying out all the necessary studies begin to fight the disease.
Treatment of a brain tumor without surgery
On an individual basis, the physician selects the most optimal treatment regimen. Some are used separately, others are assigned simultaneously. The fight against pathology, excluding trepanation of the skull, is carried out by the following methods:
- radiation therapy, implying exposure to radioactive radiation;
- chemotherapy , based on the destruction of cancer cells by poisons;
- preparations.
In addition, experimental methods of treatment can be used.
The success of therapy depends on the patient's condition, the prevalence of the tumor and other factors considered individually.
Treatment of a benign brain tumor
A certain method of therapy is prescribed by the doctor, proceeding from the stage of pathology and the presence of developed diseases against the background of the disease. There are such methods:
- Craniotherapy - an operation that involves cutting out the education;
- radiation therapy aimed at eliminating the remaining traits;
- therapy with the use of corticosteroids against edema and some other symptoms.
Proton therapy is most effective in combating this pathology. It does not affect adjacent tissues, so the likelihood of complications is significantly reduced.
Treatment of a relapse of a brain tumor
Since modern methods allow achieving high results, benign formations almost always disappear completely. However, in case of their reappearance, an operation is performed.
Repeated treatment is sometimes required for malignant education. The patient is again cut out of the tumor, and radiation and chemotherapy are prescribed.
Treatment of a brain tumor folk remedies
The doctor may allow you to include in the therapy potent herbs, such as sweet clover, a tea mushroom. It is recommended to drink tincture from a mixture of oregano, arnica, thyme, cowberry, melissa, clover. You can also make broths based on plantain, celandine and St. John's wort.